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sapatchay
April 12th, 2006, 01:03 AM
Windows Xp follows the Nt technology which is definataly definitely different from the 98, What was that technology which differs? Thanks in advance.
PeejAvery
April 12th, 2006, 08:30 AM
Well, the first major difference is the partition system. NT runs best on NTFS with all of its security and "better speed". You can read from but not write to an NTFS file system in 98.

NT technology is not DOS based. Once again, you can use DOS from NT but it is not its native boot operator.
yiannakop
April 12th, 2006, 09:29 AM
And ofcourse another major dif is the USB device support, served in win XP.
sapatchay
April 12th, 2006, 09:35 AM
I wanna know is there any relationship between the hardware(chip) support with OS? I mean 32-bit OS or 64-bit OS which can not support by the 98.
PeejAvery
April 12th, 2006, 01:21 PM
I wanna know is there any relationship between the hardware(chip) support with OS? I mean 32-bit OS or 64-bit OS which can not support by the 98.
NT can be both 32bit and 64bit. You cannot effectually run 98 on NTFS because it is read-only to a non-NT based operating system.
Vanaj
April 12th, 2006, 01:43 PM
Windows NT is an operating system...Windows 98 is a program running on an operating system(DOS)..
yiannakop
April 13th, 2006, 05:59 AM
Windows NT is an operating system...Windows 98 is a program running on an operating system(DOS)..
:thumb:
Indeed, this is probably the major difference. ;)
PeejAvery
April 13th, 2006, 06:29 PM
Windows NT is an operating system...Windows 98 is a program running on an operating system(DOS)..
Well, 98 is an operating system just running over a masked DOS.
Vanaj
April 14th, 2006, 04:52 PM
Well, 98 is an operating system just running over a masked DOS.Can Win98 run without DOS installed ???
PeejAvery
April 14th, 2006, 05:27 PM
Can Win98 run without DOS installed ???
No, but neither can XP run without its NT integration. Just as NT and XP work together so we say that 98 and DOS work together to form an operating system.

Yes, if I want to get really deep down and technical, then you are right.
MrViggy
April 14th, 2006, 05:51 PM
Deep down, I guess.

Technically, DOS has been integrated with Win98. You cannot "exit" Win98 and get just a DOS prompt (like you could with Windows 3.1).

Viggy